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 What is Laser Eye Surgery
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Glasses and Contact Lenses are worn to correct your focusing or refractive errors within your eye. Reshaping the front surface of the eye or the cornea using a refractive laser can eliminate the need for these aids.
Refractive errors can be divided into four categories:
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Myopia or short sight
The range treated is usually –
1.00 D to –10.00D |
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Astigmatism or a mis-shapen cornea
Up to 6.00D can be treated |
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Hypermetropia or long sight
The range treated is usually
0.50D to 4.00D |
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Presbyopia or the need for reading glasses due to problem focusing up close |
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